These postings are late, and more of local interest perhaps:
1) Saturday; near Gananoque; off hwy 32 near hwy 15; Long Point Rd at Olajos Lane: the marsh on Olajos Lane had 3 Horned Grebes foraging in faster-flowing water, 11:30 am to 4:30 pm, one entering breeding plumage; 2) Saturday; near Odessa; a pair of Sandhill Cranes flew SW over the 401 at Wilton Rd; 3) Sunday; near Belleville; Frink Centre sugar shack trail; in sultry, still, humid bottomland, singing were Hermit Thrushes, one Swainson's Thrush, two Brown Creepers, one Ruby-crowned Kinglet, numerous Golden-crowned Kinglets and DE Juncos, two Yellow-rumped Warblers, one Winter Wren, and Eastern Phoebes which will likely nest on the Maple Sugar Shack. Flickers, YB Sapsuckers, and Pileated Woodpeckers are also excavating cavities there. On the Riverside Trail, 3 Pied-billed Grebes in the shallows of a high Moira River. Warning, Frink Centre Trails: For those familiar with the Frink Centre, ice still covers the large wetland off the parking lot, and the bridge crossing the bottomland near the sugar shack is completely under water, with only railing occasionally showing. Wallace _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
